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Abstract

We describe the public Rust server The Monster Den PVE|5x|Quad|Kits|Loot+|RaidableBases|Purge, reached at 104.129.132.129:28015 and hosted in NA. At the last check it held 6 of 100 places, against a seven-day mean of 9 and a peak of 361. It ranks #1,013 of all servers, the top 5%, and #156 in NA. It last wiped 5d ago on a published biweekly schedule; the next wipe is expected Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, the force wipe.

Keywords5x gather quad biweekly wipes modded oxide pve

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1Summary statistics

Table 1: The server at the last check, its week and its standing.
MeasureValueNote
Players now6/1006% full
In the queue0no queue
Seven-day mean9peak 36, 48 h peak 15
Rank2#1,013top 5%; #156 in NA
Last wipe5d agobiweekly schedule
Next wipe37d 23hThu 5 Nov, 19:00 UTCfw

2Population

Figure 1 follows the players on the server at three scales: every five minutes over two hours, the hourly mean and peak over 48 hours, and the daily mean and peak over 90 days. Dashed uprights mark its wipes.

AveragePeak
0510152020:0005:0014:0023:0008:0017:00
Figure 1: Players on the server, UTC: (a) every five minutes, from the Steam server list; (b) hourly mean and peak; (c) daily mean and peak.

3Performance

We query the server directly for its frame rate, entity count and memory4. Low frames per second and a climbing entity count are what players feel as lag (Figure 2).

measure
range
01020304020:0005:0014:0023:0008:0017:00
Figure 2: Server performance. 48 hours: hourly readings. 30 to 90 days: one point a day, with the day's average and lowest fps, most entities and most memory, measured since 17 Sep.

4Rank

The server stands in the top 5% of all ranked servers, the top 8% in NA, and #52 of the quad servers (top 6%). Rank is on player hours over the last seven days, and 1 is best; Figure 3 draws it day by day.

RankRank in region
15001k1.5k2k20 Sep28 Sep5 Oct13 Oct20 Oct28 Oct
Figure 3: Daily rank, overall and in its region; the axis is inverted, so up is better.

5Wipes

5.1Schedule: fixed weekdays

The next wipe is expected Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 23h. The force wipe (high confidence).

Table 2: The server's wipe rhythm, from the wipes recorded.
MeasureValueNote
Usual gap14 daysbetween real wipes
On rhythm100%of its recent wipes
Wipe-day peak30players, last three wipes
Crowd held0%else halves by day 4
Table 3: Coming wipes, as expected.
When (UTC)InKind
Thu 5 Nov, 19:007d 23hforce wipefw
Thu 19 Nov, 22:4122d 2hits own schedule
Thu 3 Dec, 19:0035d 23hforce wipefw
Thu 22 OctThu 15 OctThu 1 Oct
010203040+0h+9h+19h+28h+38h+47h
Figure 4: The first 48 hours of its last wipes: players each hour, from the hour of the wipe. The latest peaked at 36, 3 hours in.

5.2History

Table 4: Every wipe recorded, newest first.
Wiped (UTC)PeakCrowdLastedBefore
Thu 22 Oct, 22:415d ago 36 – running 2
Thu 15 Oct, 22:5912d ago 26 halved by day 3 7 d 4
Thu 1 Oct, 22:56fw26d ago 29 halved by day 4 14 d 3
Thu 17 Sep, 22:5940d ago 31 halved by day 7 14 d 4

Peak: the most players in the first 48 hours. Crowd: whether every day of the wipe kept at least half that peak, or the day it fell below. Before: players just before it wiped. A new world less than six hours after a wipe is a restart, not a wipe of its own.

6Map and settings

Map of The Monster Den PVE|5x|Quad|Kits|Loot+|RaidableBases|Purge
Figure 5: The map: Custom Map, size 4096, seed 1337.
Table 5: The server's published settings.
Address104.129.132.129:28015
RegionNA
Max players100
Group limitquad
Wipe schedulebiweekly
Last wipe22 Oct 2026, 22:41 UTC
Hostname–
First seen13 Sep 2026
MapCustom Map
Size4096
Seed1337

7Similar servers

Servers of the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes. The lists this server belongs to are US and NA server list [2], 5x rust server statistics [3], modded server list with rates [4], pve servers by play style [5] and servers wiping soon [6].

Table 6: Similar servers: the same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
ServerPlayers
GOBLINGAMING | 5X PVE | NOOB FRIENDLYNA · quad · 5x · biweekly · 4 on average3/40
Old Fckers..... 5x PVE Server Kits || Shop | Skill Tree | EveNA · quad · 5x · weekly · 2 on average1/50
Rusty Spoon US PVE 5x [Events|Raid|Quests|Zombies|SkillTree]NA · groups of 8+ · 5x · biweekly · 31 on average20/150
Randum Rust 5x PVE |Raids|SkillTree|Events|Kits|StatsNA · groups of 10+ · 5x · biweekly · 3 on average3/100
BotWorld PVE AI Player70 Live Bots 5X - Wiped - 11d agoNA · groups of 8+ · 5x · biweekly · 2 on average1/200
Kapco411 Mercenary Island|4X Elite|500Raidbases|Highly modded|NA · quad · 4x · monthly · 1 on average2/100

Appendix AQuick answers

From the figures on this page.

About the server

A.1How well does The Monster Den PVE|5x|Quad|Kits|Loot+|RaidableBases|Purge run?

The server fps averaged 30 over the last 48 hours, never dropping below 27. The highest number of entities it carried was 175,718, comprising buildings, deployables and all other objects. Memory use peaked at 5,756 MB. Lag, as players feel it, results from low fps combined with an increasing entity count.

A.2In which location is The Monster Den PVE|5x|Quad|Kits|Loot+|RaidableBases|Purge based?

The NA tag places The Monster Den PVE|5x|Quad|Kits|Loot+|RaidableBases|Purge in North America, as it lists itself. The location displayed by Rust Statistics is the server's own claim, not a lookup of where the machine stands. You will find it at 104.129.132.129:28015.

A.3What is the online status and reliability of The Monster Den PVE|5x|Quad|Kits|Loot+|RaidableBases|Purge?

At the present moment, The Monster Den PVE|5x|Quad|Kits|Loot+|RaidableBases|Purge is online. It last restarted around 10 hours ago, according to its reported uptime. Of the 168 hours in the last 7 full days, 168 were served, an availability of 100%. It was first observed on 13 September 2026 by Rust Statistics.

A.4What is the Rust version for The Monster Den PVE|5x|Quad|Kits|Loot+|RaidableBases|Purge?

The Monster Den PVE|5x|Quad|Kits|Loot+|RaidableBases|Purge is running Rust network protocol 2635 and build 168909 on the Linux operating system. To join, your game must use the same protocol; Steam handles the update for you.

Wipe schedule

A.5On what cycle does The Monster Den PVE|5x|Quad|Kits|Loot+|RaidableBases|Purge wipe?

Wipes at The Monster Den PVE|5x|Quad|Kits|Loot+|RaidableBases|Purge occur every other Thursday at 22:41 UTC. Every Rust server wipes at the force wipe on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; this server's next wipe is then. The world currently in use was created 5 days 21 hours ago. The server's tags give a wipe schedule of every two weeks.

A.6What happens on The Monster Den PVE|5x|Quad|Kits|Loot+|RaidableBases|Purge when wipe day arrives?

Across its recent wipes, the average peak population was 30 players. The peak on the latest wipe came 3 hours after it began. Half the peak was sustained until the next wipe in 0% of recent wipes. In the other cases, the population fell below half by day 4.

Population

A.7What position does The Monster Den PVE|5x|Quad|Kits|Loot+|RaidableBases|Purge occupy in the ranking of Rust servers?

On player hours over seven days The Monster Den PVE|5x|Quad|Kits|Loot+|RaidableBases|Purge is #1,013, within the top 5% of all ranked servers; within North America it is #156. Within the quad group, its position is #52.

A.8What is the population level of The Monster Den PVE|5x|Quad|Kits|Loot+|RaidableBases|Purge?

At this moment 6 players are on The Monster Den PVE|5x|Quad|Kits|Loot+|RaidableBases|Purge, which has 100 slots in total. The peak over seven days is 36, against an average of 9. Of the last 48 hours, the peak hour falls at 01:00 UTC, with an average of 15 players.

Tags and filters

A.9What do the tags associated with The Monster Den PVE|5x|Quad|Kits|Loot+|RaidableBases|Purge signify?

The game's server browser reads gmrust (Game mode): Survival on standard Rust rules; mp100 (Max players): It offers 100 slots; ts4 (Group limit): 4 is the maximum team size; v2635 (Protocol): Your game must run protocol 2635 to connect; cs168909 (Build): The game build is 168909; ptrak (Networking): Networking runs on RakNet, the game's standard layer; $r? (Region code): The region code is unset; ^b (Biweekly): Wipes take place once a fortnight; ^p (PvE): There is no player combat; the world supplies the danger; ^o (Oxide): The plugin framework in use is Oxide (uMod); ^z (Modded): Modded listing: plugins or settings modify the game; NA (North America): In the server browser it is filed under North America, which The Monster Den PVE|5x|Quad|Kits|Loot+|RaidableBases|Purge publishes as its tags. The tags also carry current players, queue length and world creation time, shown at the top of this page.

A.10Where can The Monster Den PVE|5x|Quad|Kits|Loot+|RaidableBases|Purge be found among the Rust Statistics lists and filters?

The Rust Statistics lists that The Monster Den PVE|5x|Quad|Kits|Loot+|RaidableBases|Purge fits are: 5x Rust servers: live statistics, Modded Rust servers, Rust PvE servers: live list and North American server statistics. These filters on the server list return it: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: Biweekly ^b, PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: Quad; Wipe schedule: Every two weeks; Last wipe: In the last week; Gather rate: 5x.

Settings and map

A.11Under what rules and settings does The Monster Den PVE|5x|Quad|Kits|Loot+|RaidableBases|Purge operate?

The rate for gathering on The Monster Den PVE|5x|Quad|Kits|Loot+|RaidableBases|Purge is 5x, according to its name. A maximum of 4 players per group applies, as quad. Listed as pve, the game mode is no player-versus-player fighting. It appears under Modded in the browser: the game is changed by plugins or settings. Plugins number Oxide on this server. VAC is active: that is Valve's anti-cheat.

A.12On which map does The Monster Den PVE|5x|Quad|Kits|Loot+|RaidableBases|Purge take place?

Generated by the game from seed 1337, the procedural map on The Monster Den PVE|5x|Quad|Kits|Loot+|RaidableBases|Purge measures 4,096. Equal size and seed yield an identical map, which this page offers to view on RustMaps. The map is named Custom Map.

How to join

A.13How do you connect to The Monster Den PVE|5x|Quad|Kits|Loot+|RaidableBases|Purge?

Press F1 inside Rust to open the console and enter client.connect 104.129.132.129:28015. Alternatively, the Launch Rust and join control on this page launches the game via Steam and completes the connection. Its website can be found at https://store.themonsterden.net/.

Appendix BServer tags

What each of the server's tags means. Published as mp100,ptrak,$r?,v2635,^b,NA,^p,gmrust,cs168909,ts4,^o^z.

Table 7: The server's tags and their meanings.
TagMeaning
Game
gmrustGame mode. Survival on standard Rust rules.
mp100Max players. It offers 100 slots.
ts4Group limit. 4 is the maximum team size.
v2635Protocol. Your game must run protocol 2635 to connect.
cs168909Build. The game build is 168909.
ptrakNetworking. Networking runs on RakNet, the game's standard layer.
$r?Region code. The region code is unset.
Wipe schedule
^bBiweekly. Wipes take place once a fortnight.
Gameplay
^pPvE. There is no player combat; the world supplies the danger.
Mods and access
^oOxide. The plugin framework in use is Oxide (uMod).
^zModded. Modded listing: plugins or settings modify the game.
Region
NANorth America. In the server browser it is filed under North America.

Players now (cp), the queue (qp) and the wipe time (born) are in the tag string too; they change every few minutes and are shown at the top of the page. Flag meanings are Facepunch's.

Appendix CAbout this server, in its own words

WIPE SCHEDULE: BIWEEKLY @ 6:00PM (CST) NEXT WIPE: November 5th NEXT PURGE: November 4th GATHERING RATES: 5x + Skill Tree | GROUP LIMIT: 4 MAX The Monster Den is a well-established online community known for its welcoming environment and proactive staff team. It aims to enhance player gaming experiences by providing Quality of Life improvements and unique Custom Maps to explore at your own pace. Chances for PvP arise during different events like Abandoned Bases and The Purge which occurs on the last 24 hours of each wipe. ✦ SERVER FEATURES ✦ ◦ Purge last 24 hours of wipe ◦ Reoccuring server events with item & VIP prizes ◦ Over 700 Raidable Bases, NPCs, Events, Bosses, Custom Attack Helis ◦ PvP Raidable Base Island, Abandoned Bases, Quests ◦ Inventory & Backpack keep on death ◦ Protected for 2 hours after logging off until you are lootable ◦ Kits, Vehicles, Chest Stacking, RP & Shop, Virtual Quarries ◦ Quick Smelt & Recycle, Trading, Instant Barrel, Teleporting Join our Discord for announcements, giveaways & more! discord.gg/themonsterden

References

  1. [1]Rust Statistics. The Rust server list. ruststatistics.org/rust-server-directory.
  2. [2]Rust Statistics. US and NA server list. ruststatistics.org/top-us-rust-servers.
  3. [3]Rust Statistics. 5x rust server statistics. ruststatistics.org/top-5x-rust-servers.
  4. [4]Rust Statistics. Modded server list with rates. ruststatistics.org/top-modded-rust-servers.
  5. [5]Rust Statistics. Pve servers by play style. ruststatistics.org/top-rust-pve-servers.
  6. [6]Rust Statistics. Servers wiping soon. ruststatistics.org/rust-servers-wiping-today-list.